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    Fadi Atmounia Pr. Gloriana Pionati Due date: 05/03/2015 Reflection about the movie “Good Will Hunting”   I chose to write about the movie “Good Will Hunting” because it shows how one’s life, relationships and future are ruined because of repression and not believing in one’s self. The main character of the movie is Will Hunting. He is a twenty year old MIT janitor. Will decided to take revenge on someone who used to abuse him in the past, and physically assaulted him which led to his arrest

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    Good Will Hunting: A Film Analysis with Emphasis on Finding One’s Happiness Sean reads a note from Will: "Sean, if the Professor calls about that job, just tell him, sorry, I have to go see about a girl." The film Good Will Hunting focuses on the story of a young man unsure of his future, but discovering a direction through guidance of his psychologist, Sean Maguire. Will Hunting, the protagonist of the classic film, has a gift for mathematics, however, Will is stuck between picking a successful

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    of Will Hunting Throughout the movie, Good Will Hunting, the audience is presented with three situations or journey archetypes that are paramount to the audience understanding the many facets of Will Hunting’s personality. An archetypal situation or journey is a situation that follows the patterns found in human nature and the universe. When used in stories, there are often many situation or journey archetypes employed in order to make a point. The journeys and situation featured in Good Will Hunting

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    movie Antwone Fisher I was intrigued by the comparisons to Good Will Hunting I then looked back at my notes from Finding Foster and realized that the three movies are similar in a way that I didn't see before. All three movies connect in a sort of triangle, they don't all share the same element but each one has at least one thing that can be related to the other two movies. The main movie I will be comparing between the three is Good Will Hunting since it is my favorite and I feel as if it relates to

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    Many individuals argue that Good Will Hunting is one of the most sociologically diverse movies out there. The amount of references that can be drawn back to concepts studied in sociology is incredible. Good Will hunting is about a 20-year-old, rambunctious male, Will, that tends to stick himself in positions that are not suitable for him. Wills tendency to get himself into trouble attributes to him ending up living on the south side of Boston as a janitor at MIT. His life suddenly takes a positive

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    Good will Hunting The film, Good will hunting (Bender et al., 1997), is an American classic flick which is lauded for its fresh and ordinary approach towards depicting situations that is realistic and relatable. In the film, Good Will Hunting (Bender et al., 1997), this is clearly show up that, savagery Will Hunting experienced as a youngster and after that shows as a grown-up; along with flashes of a sweet attitude towards his companions and mental virtuoso. It is about a young man struggle to find

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    In the film, Good Will Hunting, the main character, Will Hunting, is a gifted mathematician who struggles to find a productive and fruitful life. Throughout the film, Will displays outstanding and one-of-a-kind abilities in the field of mathematics. However, his emotional and social intelligence falls far behind his intellectual intelligence. With a rap sheet stocked full with assault and aggression, Will must navigate himself through life by learning to trust, love, and learn. Though the film

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    Good Will Hunting is an interesting story of a young genius orphan growing in a slums of South Boston with a group of best friends, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Gus Van Sant. In this film, Will Hunting is the main character played by its father Matt Damon who is trying to himself identify his value in the world. He is not a normal teenager, he has a special ability that called the “photographic memory” so that he could remember and solve academic problems in a really quickly

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    An Analysis of Good Will Hunting, Directed by Gus Van Sant Director Gus Van Sant’s Academy-Award winning movie Good Will Hunting, is set in South Boston. The story is centered on a kid named Will Hunting, an undercover intellectual. He works as a janitor and does proofs no one else on the campus could do. Professor Lambeau finds out about this and seeks to help him use his talents. He gets him off of criminal charges in exchanged for seeing a counselor and working on math with him. When Will isn’t

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    A studious young man, an open book these two images swirl around the screen in a kaleidoscope effect, this was the introductory scene of "Good Will Hunting." This scene is followed by Ben Afflick, knocking on Will's door, when Will comes out a credit rolls by that says, "screenplay written by Ben Afflick and Matt Damon," just as the two walk side by side. This shows how perfectly the makers of this movie have everything timed, down to the credits. Also, the timing shows when the

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